canine tooth
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Ca·nine a.
1. Of or pertaining to the family Canidæ, or dogs and wolves; having the nature or qualities of a dog; like that or those of a dog.
2. Anat. Of or pertaining to the pointed tooth on each side the incisors.
Canine appetite, a morbidly voracious appetite; bulimia.
Canine letter, the letter r. See R.
Canine madness, hydrophobia.
Canine tooth, a tooth situated between the incisor and bicuspid teeth, so called because well developed in dogs; usually, the third tooth from the front on each side of each jaw; an eyetooth, or the corresponding tooth in the lower jaw.
Dog·tooth n.; pl. Dogteeth
1. See Canine tooth, under Canine.
2. Arch. An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; -- also called tooth ornament.
Dogtooth spar Min., a variety of calcite, in acute crystals, resembling the tooth of a dog. See Calcite.
Dogtooth violet Bot., a small, bulbous herb of the Lily family (genus Erythronium). It has two shining flat leaves and commonly one large flower. [Written also dog's-tooth violet.]
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canine tooth
n : one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw)
located between the incisors and the premolars [syn: canine,
eyetooth, eye tooth, dogtooth, cuspid]